In Thursday's non-league outing, the Nemaha Central Thunder (Seneca, KS) basketball squad edged the visiting Royal Valley Panthers (Hoyt, KS), by a margin of 50-44.

The Thunder (9-4) will now prepare for their outing against Holton (Holton, KS). The Wildcats go into the non-league outing with a 4-9 record. In their last outing, Holton was tipped by Perry-Lecompton (Perry, KS), 49-39, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now own a 2-10 record. They play next when they host Sabetha for a non-league outing on Friday, February 2. Royal Valley will clash with a Bluejays squad coming off a 58-43 non-league win over Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (Wathena, KS). The Bluejays record now stands at 11-2.